Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart (1834)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868. n 84239125 · London : J. Murray · leaf 292
276 LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. deception. He first opens the door A of the small cupboard, and from the crowded and very ingenious disposition of the machinery within it, the eye is Fiy. G8. Fig. 69. … unable to penetrate far beyond the opening, and the spectator concludes, without any hesitation, that the whole of the cupboard is filled, as it appears to be, with similar machinery. This false conclusion is greatly corroborated by observing the glimmer- ing light which plays among the wheel-work…
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